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Kohl jar
Egyptian
Late Middle Kingdom/ Second Intermediate Period
about 1700–1550 B.C.
Findspot: Egypt, Abydos
Medium/Technique
Anhydrite
Dimensions
Height: 3.5 cm (1 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Egypt Exploration Fund by subscription
Accession Number02.742
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsVessels
DescriptionThe base and rim are flattened. The body of the jar is shouldered. The neck is convex. It is complete.
ProvenanceFrom Abydos. 1902: excavated by William Matthew Flinders Petrie for the Egypt Exploration Fund, assigned to the Egypt Exploration Fund in the division of finds by the government of Egypt, received by the MFA through subscription to the Egypt Exploration Fund on November 17, 1902. (Accession Date:November 17, 1902)